Amorphis - Intro: Karelia / The Gathering video free download

Amorphis was/is a Finnish Death metal band formed in 1990, by a few ex-members of another Death metal group :Abhorrence, The band recorded the demo "Disment of Soul" in 1991, and got immediately signed to Relapse ( greatly due to the PR made by Abhorrence ). a single and and their first full-length "Karelian Isthmus" was released in 1992. The album was recorded in 1992 in Sunlight Studios of Stockholm and with assistance of Tomas Skogsberg. The songs recorded in 1991 in Helsinki were featured on the "Privilege of Evil" EP released in 1993 ( the EP was originally ment to release as a split-album with Incantation but due to some problems, Incantation's side wasn't released until 2008 ). The second album "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" released in 1994 represented the new musical world of Amorphis, with more extensive use of keyboards, melody and folk music influenced guitar riffs. In 1995, all the rest of the songs ,that didn't fit on the full-length ,were released on "Black Winter Day" EP . "Tales from the Thousand lakes" has also been considered one of the founding stones of Melodic Death Metal. The lyrical themes of the band also changed during the "Tales . . ." album, and the songs have been inspired by the tales of Finnish epic Kalevala ever since. In 1996 released third album of the band "Elegy" had fallen even deeper to progressive experimenting both in guitars and keyboards and the music had more folk tendencies.

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This is from their first full-length "Karelian Isthmus" of 1992

Lyrics:

[lyrics: E. Holopainen]

[music: T. Koivusaari E. Holopainen]

"The sound of thousand warriors

The fields of thousand battles

Still, in our hearts we can hear

the great hymn of Karelia."

The Gathering

[lyrics: E. Holopainen]

[music: T. Koivusaari]

As I sense their steel,

As I see the mighty one,

As we all gather once again

the gods of war summon us...

summon us

North wind blows to our valley

men with ships, with swords, with honour

Their horses between flames,

their dogs eating enemy childs,

Our heavenly father, what is this mortality,

do you see my mortal agony

Look, I see the shield up high

this must be the sign from my lord

this can be my death - sentence

what a fine day to die

Taste of blood comes up high

Wind blows hard, our men fall...

one by one

This oath claims me

I must bleed for my generation

Strong is the enemy,

strong is my sword

the hammer is rising

I feel their cold steel

Now when I leave this world

I shall open the mighty oaken gate

and we all shall gather once again